Improvement in door-tightener and fastener



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1869- D. GONLON. DOOR TIGHTENER AND FASTENBR.

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Letters Pam: No. 85,729, dated January 12, 1869.

To all whom it may Tightener and Fastener; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description thereof,

which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,form-' ing part of this specification, in whic Figure 1 is a section of a double door, taken through the middle of the. same, so as to show the knob 41.

Figure 2, an edge view of a door.-

Figure 3, a section of a window-sash. .Figure 4, a top viewofthe upper and'lower sash. Plate 2 shows a view of the jamb of' a door, having my improvement attached thereto.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a combined window and door-fastener and tightener.-

It consists of the application, to a window or door, of a rod or rods, having a spring or springs, saidrods and springs being applied either to the jamb, or the door or window itself.

A particular reference to the drawing will show my invention.

a. are the rods, in fig. 1 set into both the jamb of the door and the edge of the door, at the point where the two doors come together; in fig. 2, at the top and bottom of the door; in fig. 3, at the top and bottom of the windows, and where the two sashes overlap; and in fig.

4, at the sides of the sash, in the jamb of the window.

In'fi g. 4- the'sash is grooved, so as to allow the rod to sink into groov b, in all the figures, is thespring. This may be made either of rubber or metal;

The rods. and springs in fig. 4 serve to keep tight the joints of the window,- and to hold the sash at any point when raised, the springb pressing toward the continually. In fig. 1, when the doors turn on the hinges e to shut,

the rod a fits into arecess in the edge of the door, andthus makes the joint tight, the spring pressing therod towards the edge of the door.

I also contemplate using my improvement for 'a fastening for windows and doors.

This is shown at h and k as follows, viz:

T'o-the shankof the door-knob d, I attach a cam,'m, which, when turned as seen in fig. 1, throws the spring: rod a out into the recess made in the other door, (orin the jamb it would be the same,) and there holds it, preventing the door from being drawn open, by. the rod a pressing backwardly upon the spring b, and thus disengaging itself from the recess made for it.

Thus the door can be both tightened and'fastened my any provement At It the same principle is shown applied to a win- (low-fastener, where the two sashes overlap, the cam and knob operating to throw out the horizontal springrod 0. in a similar mannerd shows the, knob in fig. 3. V V

The patent of O. O. for attachinga strip to windows, No. 42,393,dated April 19, 186.4, differs from 'mine. This has a stirrup in the groove, and sunk sutficiently deeper than the groove to hold a spiral spring.

I secure my strip bya clamp fitting over the same, as seen in the drawing, plate 2. v v

J. R. Halls patent',.No. 71,745,.hasfa spring-lever catch and an eccentric-roller. e f

I employ a knob or handle to-draw backer force out, if desired, the rod, "the spring keeping the rod pressed outwardly, and the clamp confining the same, and conforming in shape to the shape of the rod.

I do not claim-the devices ofeither of said patents.

"n n show "the clampsprojectingfmm the edge of the door, or from the jaihb.

What I claim as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is I The combination of rod a, spring b,-clamps n n, 0perated by knob'd, having cams m applied to the jamb of doors or windows, in the manner herein set forth.'

DENNIS CONLON. Witnesses WM. FRANK Snnvnv, W. H. OLIFFOBD. 

